Bible Dictionary: Extermination

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.

2. (n.) Elimination.

Strong's Hebrew

2764. cherem -- devoted thing, devotion, ban
... rem) Short Definition: cursed. accursed dedicated thing, appointed to utter
destruction, Extermination Or (Zecheriah 14:11) cherem ...
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6987. qoteb -- destruction
... Word Origin the same as qeteb, qv. destruction From the same as qeteb; extermination --
destruction. see HEBREW qeteb. 6986, 6987. qoteb. 6988 . ...
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Library

Further Proofs, from Ezekiel. Summary of the Prophetic Argument ...
... And He cried into mine ears with a loud voice, saying, The vengeance of this city
is at hand; and each one had vessels of extermination in his hand. ...
/.../tertullian/an answer to the jews/chapter xi further proofs from ezekiel.htm

Of the Times of Christ's Birth and Passion, and of Jerusalem's ...
... Accordingly the times must be inquired into of the predicted and future nativity
of the Christ, and of His passion, and of the extermination of the city of ...
/.../tertullian/an answer to the jews/chapter viii of the times of.htm

Laymen Called to the Field of Missions.
... When and where have individuals or companies gone forth with the sole design
of benefiting the heathen, and yet proved their extermination? ...
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Knox in Scotland: Lethington: Mary of Guise: 1555-1556
... Knox, we know, regarded extermination of idolaters as a counsel of perfection, though
in the Christian scriptures not one word could be found to justify his ...
/.../lang/john knox and the reformation/chapter vii knox in scotland .htm

Even if the Permission had Been Given by St. Paul in the Sense ...
... And how long will this most shameless "infirmity" persevere in waging a war of
extermination against the "better things?" The time for its indulgence was (the ...
/.../tertullian/on monogamy/chapter xiv even if the permission.htm

Elijah --Passionate in Prayer
... In a passion of scorn and contempt at the priests of Baal. In a passion of fury
and extermination against all idolatry, and against all organised uncleanness. ...
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Acts VIII
... of a mob. Once embarked in this mad career, nothing less than the utter
extermination of the Church could satisfy them. Hence the ...
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Leaves College. Goes to Alexandria, Ky. An Adventure in Ohio. A ...
... soldiers. All this I tolerated, but did not say Amen. Finally he prayed for
the utter extermination of the Southern people. He besought ...
/.../chapter ix leaves college goes.htm

Esther
... for Mordecai, while Mordecai "the Jew" is exalted to the place next the king, and
the Jews, whom the initial decree had doomed to extermination, turn the ...
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The War of Truth
... achieved; the Amalekites were put to the rout, and because of their unprovoked attack
upon the children of Israel, they were condemned to extermination; for we ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/the war of truth.htm

Thesaurus

Extermination (6 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as,
the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from ...
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Cruelty (8 Occurrences)
... Some of these acts are sanctioned by Scripture or even presented as commanded by
God, as, for example, the sacrifice of Isaac, the extermination of the ...
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Cruel (196 Occurrences)
... Some of these acts are sanctioned by Scripture or even presented as commanded by
God, as, for example, the sacrifice of Isaac, the extermination of the ...
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External (8 Occurrences)

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Zimri (16 Occurrences)
... Numbers 31 describes the extermination of the Midianites at the bidding of Moses.
All the males are slain by the Israelites (31:7), but the women are spared. ...
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Nabal (18 Occurrences)
... any assistance or presents, but sent back insulting words to David, whereupon the
latter, becoming very angry, determined upon the extermination of Nabal and ...
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Overwhelming (5 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 10:22 For though thy people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, only a
remnant of them shall return; an extermination is determined, overflowing with ...
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Josiah (51 Occurrences)
... He distinguished himself by beginning a war of extermination against the prevailing
idolatry, which had practically been the state religion for some seventy ...
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Idolatry (14 Occurrences)
... No facts are more strongly declared in the Old Testament than that the extermination
of the Canaanites was the punishment of their idolatry (Exodus 34:15, 16 ...
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Foreskin (12 Occurrences)
... booty in war, especially if it meant that no very careful operation was expected
to be performed, but the act became practically equivalent to extermination. ...
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Bible Concordance

Extermination (6 Occurrences)

Isaiah 10:22 For though thy people, Israel, be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them shall return: a destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.
(See JPS)

Isaiah 10:23 For a full end, and that determined, will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, make in the midst of all the earth.
(See JPS)

Isaiah 28:22 Now therefore be ye not scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for a decree of destruction have I heard from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, upon the whole earth.
(See JPS)

Daniel 9:27 And he shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease; and upon the wing of abominations'shall come one that maketh desolate; and even unto the full end, and that determined, shall wrath be poured out upon the desolate.
(See JPS)

Daniel 11:16 But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the glorious land, and in his hand shall be destruction.
(See JPS)

Zechariah 14:11 And men shall dwell therein, and there shall be no more curse; but Jerusalem shall dwell safely.
(See JPS)

Subtopics

Extermination

Related Terms

Cruelty (8 Occurrences)

Cruel (196 Occurrences)

External (8 Occurrences)

Zimri (16 Occurrences)

Nabal (18 Occurrences)

Overwhelming (5 Occurrences)

Josiah (51 Occurrences)

Idolatry (14 Occurrences)